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Thursday, June 28, 2012

Tidbits: In which bad ideas outnumber good ones

Hey you guuuuyssss. Sorry it has been so long since my last tidbit explosion all over this page. I hope you are tid-tillating with the following:

Here is your feel good international library sory to get you through Thursday and Friday, and onto your weekend: there are now 100 public mini-libraries in permanent kiosks in parks across Colombia, and if you live in the city of Bogota, you are extra lucky because there are 47. The project began ten years ago in an effort to promote literacy in the country. If you speak Spanish, you can watch the following news story on it. If not, you can still watch it for the only on Spanish-language television interview positioning at the two minute mark.

Don't even try and tell me that is Hale; no teenage boys, no matter how ridiculously wealthy, have posture that good, or wear a suit that comfortably. Nice try with your stock photo, book cover designer.

Things that just don't sound like a good idea to me: Hunger Games live action role playing. Everyone gets straight up fight club murdered! And yet, it happens, and someone got really hurt. I wish this young woman a speedy recovery. Be safe out there, larpers.